I have had this blog for a while and although there has never been a great deal of action, over the years, there’s been a few, some of which may even be worth reading. For me it’s a bit of nostalgia as I look back on the last ten or so years. My journey back into education has been interesting and taken me from the wilds of Canada to the almost wilds of Scotland via Egypt. Here is the evidence.
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Waiting
I have never been very good at waiting. This trait, made worse by the instant gratification we are becoming used to in modern society has made the last four and half months seem endless. On the surface nothing has changed – I still am waiting for official notification of how I can take my quest…
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Why I left teaching
Looking back, as with most things when you look back far enough, you start to second guess yourself. But I remember very clearly the main reason I left teaching and went searching for something different.
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So why return to teaching?
Who was it said there is a time and place for everything? I am now not a young man, nor old, I would hope, but somewhere in the middle. I have led a life fully and done a lot of great things, and some not so great, of course. But out of all that living…
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Quote of the Week
“Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. “ William Butler Yates